An Gil-wan

An Gil-wan
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-08) 8 August 1948 (age 78)
Place of birth North Korea
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defender
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1976 North Korea 5+ (1+)
An Gil-wan
Hangul
안길환
RRAn Gilhwan
MRAn Kirhwan

An Gil-wan (Korean: 안길환; born 8 August 1948) is a North Korean former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

An was called up for the North Korea national team in 1973, for a 3–0 win against Syria during 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. The following year, he competed for North Korea at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, where he scored in a 2–0 win against China. He later played in the bronze medal match, where they lost 2–1 to Malaysia.

In 1976, he was called up to North Korea's squad for the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played in both of their group stage matches, a 3–1 win against Canada and a 3–0 defeat to the Soviet Union, where he was sent off for arguing with Spanish referee Emilio Guruceta Muro over whether one of his teammates committed a handball, before striking the referee three times.

On 29 July 1976, despite video evidence from the match being erased, he was suspended by FIFA for a year, with three others banned for three months, including two North Korean officials and teammate An Se-uk, who was suspended for kicking an opponent during North Korea's 5–0 defeat to Poland.

References

  1. ↑ "Olympedia – An Gil-Wan". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament 1976 (National Squads)". LinguaSport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Gil-Wan An (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Morrison, Neil (20 January 2012). "Asian Games 1974". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Reyes, Macario (27 November 2008). "Football Tournament 1976 Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bottle thrown at ref". Shropshire Star. 24 July 1976. p. 28 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "An Gil Wan notice". Cambridge Evening News. 29 July 1976. Retrieved 8 August 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "KOREAN BANNED". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. No. 30215. 29 July 1976. p. 19 – via British Newspaper Archive.